TC11.x bug reports (English) • [TC 11.51] Editing/repacking a file in .7z may get the file lost

1. Under 7-Zip Packer settings, uncheck [Use internal 7-Zip packer]
2. Open a 7z (in my case SFX) archive of significant size (the repacking needs to take a while, so make it a solid archive for good measure)
3. Press [F4] on a file to edit it and confirm
4. Change something and close the editor (Notepad3 in my case)
5. Confirm to repack the file
6. See the 7zg.exe fail, because it can't find the file
7. The file is now also completely gone from the 7z archive

This does not happen when either [Use internal 7-Zip packer] or [Prefer 7-Zip plugin if installed] are checked.

It seems that when [Prefer 7-Zip plugin if installed] is checked, the TC window is blocked with a Plugin progress dialog until 7zg.exe is done, while this is not the case in the situation above. So, most likely TC doesn't wait for the 7zg.exe process to finish before cleaning up the temp files.

Statistics: Posted by Guillaume — 2025-05-05, 16:17 UTC

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